Real life auto accident that could happen to anyone driving down a highway

Real life auto accident that could happen to anyone driving down a highway

This is a discussion on Real life auto accident that could happen to anyone driving down a highway within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I'm posting this because the driver did nothing wrong other than being in the right place at the right time. This type of tragic event ...

I was driving back home on I-95 in Georgia. I was following my parents in their car, and I was following a little too closely. My dad decided to swerve at the last minute to avoid hitting a blown truck tire on the road. As he did this at the last minute and I was following them closer than I should have and I ended up having to swerve quickly to miss the tire. I ended up turning the steering wheel to hard and overcompensated. that sent me into a spin across three lanes of traffic at approximately 75-80 mph. I overcompensated on the steering wheel so bad that I went 180 degrees in one direction, and then did a full 360 degrees in the other direction. luckily I was able to regain control of my car going the right direction down the interstate. I immediately pulled over to the side of interstate and sat there in shock at what had just happened. My parents had witnessed this too and pulled over right in front of me.

I was very lucky that day because there were a few factors that helped me come out of that potential disaster.

1. The car I was driving was a '85 Nissan 300zx which was a sports car that is really low to the ground. My dad said that from what he saw he thought I was going to flip over.

2. This occurred in a spot where we were very far ahead of the traffic that was behind us. If there were any cars behind me they would have hit me and I probably would be dead.

After this experience I now provide myself with plenty of room between the car in front of me.

After I had some time to regain some composure we pulled off the interstate and stopped at a restaurant to allow me to just get off the road for a while.

It is amazing just how fast accidents can happen. Back in 2001 I was headed west on I-40 in Oklahoma when I saw the headlights of a vehicle turn into the median up ahead of me, I thought it was a Trooper making a u-turn and thought nothing more of it until my windshield suddenly got dark then exploded. Turns out an eastbound S-10 went off the shoulder over corrected then slid through the median into the westbound lane. Luckily all I got was a face full of glass and the two people in the other vehicle got some scraps and bruises.